Consequences of a succesfull Harald Hadrada

[Gukpard]

Here the scenario:

Harald Hadrada wins the battle of Stanford Bridge decisively, killing King Harold and a huge chunk of the Godwin noblemans on it, and he later Marches south, defeating William the Conqueror and is crowned as the king of England

After that he stays in power for a while, he had plans to invade Denmark after taking over England, but let's say that he give up on them, and he rules for 15 years dying aged 66, and one of his sons rule England for about ten years before being overthrowned on a civil war, with the Anglo saxons retaking control of England

On such a scenario, what would happen? We just eliminated the norman invasion and the house of Godwin from the picture

 

[Clibinarius]

Potentially more of the same - probably a 25-year period with a Succession crisis and rival warlords. Cnut set a precedent of government which was for the most part well accepted by the Anglo-Saxons. England remains pivoted towards Scandinavia though it wouldn't be unthinkable for a warlord to import Flemish mercenaries if a civil war flared up. I think you only see the levels of taxation and scrutiny of the Domesday Book if you have a monarch in place who is actively trying to maintain control over Norway, Denmark, parts of Sweden as well as the counts of Holland. The early Norman kings saw England as a decent source of income to finance the holding and acquisition of estates in what is modern-day Anjoy, Aquitaine and Gascony.